This note describes a visit to Stockwood Discovery Centre (The Culture Trust, Luton Museum) by members of the Bedford Numismatic Society. The motive for the visit was to help with the safe removal of the hoard of gold aurei that had been found at Shillington, Bedfordshire, found 1998-1999, along with another hoard of denarii and a bronze mirror found nearby.
It was a privilege to be asked and a pleasure to help with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to look at 127 gold aurei dating from AD 14 – AD 79, one of the largest hoards of Roman gold coins found in Britain.
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Teeny tiny correction: ‘gold aurei’ is redundant. An aureus is by definition made of gold.
Ron Bude
ronbude@umich.edu
Hi Ron,
Many thanks for the observation. The term “gold aurei” only appears once, and there the phrase is quoted directly from the official treasure report. Numismatically, I might speculate that “gold” is added to differentiate these from plated contemporary forgeries or fourees of aurei? Alternatively and more simply, there is also the possibility that the treasure report is written for a wider and non-numismatic audience who might not know that an aureus is a gold coin. I note that the coins in the Shillington B hoard are described as “silver denarii”.
Gary